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The idiom being introduced now is 「前功盡棄」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
Gong: merit; Jin: completely; Qi: lose. All previous achievements were lost. It also means that all previous efforts have been in vain.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qián gōng jìn qì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chin4 gung1 jeun6 hei3
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